Charred remains of ambulances belonging to Hatzola, a Jewish community organization, which were set on fire in an incident that the police say is being treated as an antisemitic hate crime, in northwest London, Britain, March 23, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Hannah McKay

British police said on Wednesday they had arrested three more men in connection with an arson attack on Jewish community ambulances in north London last month.

The ambulances were set on fire on March 23 in what British Prime Minister Keir Starmer described as a “deeply shocking antisemitic arson attack.”

The SITE Intelligence ​website has said an Iran-aligned multinational militant collective called Islamic ​Movement of ⁠the People of the Right Hand had claimed responsibility for the incident near a synagogue in the Golders Green area of London.

Counter-terrorism officers are heading the investigation, but as yet the incident is not being treated as terrorism.

The Metropolitan Police said the three men, aged 20, 19, and 17, had been arrested at separate addresses in east London on suspicion of conspiracy to commit arson with intent to endanger life.

Two were British nationals, while the third was a dual British-Pakistani national. Last week, detectives detained two British nationals aged in their 40s and later released both on police bail.

“We know concern among the Jewish community remains high, but I hope these arrests show that we are doing everything we can to bring those responsible to justice,” said Commander Helen Flanagan, Head of Counter Terrorism Policing London.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani holds a press conference at the New York City Office of Emergency Management, as a major winter storm spreads across a large swath of the United States, in Brooklyn, New York City, US, Jan. 25, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Bing Guan

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was reportedly heckled mid-speech at a Passover seder celebration in Manhattan on Monday night.

An attendee shouted “every Jewish organization is a target” when Mamdani, 34, t0ld the crowd at the 33rd annual Downtown Seder at City Winery about how the rise in antisemitism “has caused enormous pain for so many Jewish New Yorkers,” according to the New York Post.

Other attendees reportedly shushed the heckler and applauded the mayor as he finished his speech. Another attendee told the Post on Tuesday that when Mamdani was introduced on stage, a woman in the crowd shouted, “Shame, shame, shame.”

A far-left democratic socialist and anti-Zionist, Mamdani refuses to recognize Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state; supports boycotts of all Israeli-tied entities, has been accused of promoting antisemitism; has repeatedly accused Israel of “apartheid” and “genocide”; and refuses to explicitly condemn the phrase “globalize the intifada,” which has been used to call for violence against Jews and Israelis around the world.

Monday’s Passover seder at City Winery was hosted by the venue’s Jewish founder and owner Michael Dorf. Israeli-American comedian Modi Rosenfeld, also known as Modi, was scheduled to perform at the event but pulled out last minute after learning that Mamdani was participating. “We were not aware Mamdani was participating until today. Modi will not be attending this evening,” Rosenfeld’s team said on social media early Monday.

Dorf defended Mamdani’s attendance in a Substack but added, “While I respect Modi’s decision not to share the stage with Mayor Mamdani, I truly wish he had been there.” The head of City Winery said “hate mail started rolling in” as soon as it was announced publicly the day prior to the event that Mamdani would attend the Passover celebration.

When Dorf introduced Mamdani on stage Monday night at the Passover event, he described the mayor as a “person who is trying hard to bridge divides in our community and our great city.”

The Passover event featured 15 special guests and 100 percent of proceeds were donated to Seeds of Peace, a nonprofit organization that helps create young leaders “who work in solidarity across differences to create more just and inclusive societies,” according to its website.

Jewish comedian Olga Namer performed and made jokes about New York City’s mayor. She introduced herself as a Syrian Jew and said, “I’m confident that Mamdani likes half of me.” She then compared Mamdani to the Biblical figure Moses because “he is also causing an exodus of Jews to go to Florida.”

Israeli musician David Broza performed and former CNN anchor Don Lemon asked the “four questions” mentioned in the Passover Haggadah “but done with a special orientation based on his arrest a few weeks ago protecting freedom of expression,” according to a description of the event by City Winery. Lemon was arrested for participating in a protest at a Minnesota church where an Immigration and Customs Enforcement official is a pastor.

George Floyd’s brother spoke at Monday night’s event about “racism” and Israeli-American Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie was featured in a live stream from Israel.

Earlier in March, Mamdani celebrated Ramadan with Abdullah Akl, the political director of the Muslim American Society of New York. The latter called for the Hamas terrorist organization to “strike Tel Aviv’” before leading a crowd in chanting for an “intifada” during a protest in New York City, according to the Washington Free Beacon. He was arrested at a pro-Hamas demonstration in 2024 and has posted antisemitic and anti-Israel messages on social media, including one message in which he encouraged others to “teach [their] children that the Zionist entity is an enemy.”

Mamdani also hosted an Iftar dinner at Gracie Mansion with Mahmoud Khalil, the anti-Israel activist and Hamas supporter who justified the Hamas-led terrorist attack across southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and said “we couldn’t avoid” the deadly massacre.

Kanye West, DJ Khaled, Lil Wayne, Ty Dolla Sign, Teyana Taylor, and Zoey Dollaz at ‘LIV on Sunday’ as part of Art Basel on Dec. 11, 2023. Photo: Seth Browarnik/startraksphoto.com via Cover Media via Reuters Connect

Organizers of the Wireless Festival in London have come under fire after announcing this week that Grammy-wining rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, will headline all three nights of this year’s annual rap and hip-hop music event.

The festival will mark Ye’s first performance in the United Kingdom since he headlined Glastonbury in 2015. The three-day festival will take place at Finsbury Park from July 10-12 and Ye is the only act to have been announced for the festival thus far. The announcement was made following the release of his 12th studio album, “Bully,” last week. Canadian rapper Drake headlined all three days of the Wireless Festival last year, and each night highlighted a different era of his music catalogue.

Phil Rosenberg, the president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, told the BBC’s “Newsnight” that booking Ye to perform at the Wireless Festival was “absolutely the wrong decision.”

“We’re in this moment of really high levels of antisemitism,” said the president of the largest group representing the British Jewish community. “So, to have someone whose recent track record is, as you said, declaring himself a Nazi, putting out a song called ‘Heil Hitler,’ seems to be absolutely the wrong decision and many Jewish people will worry that that will just inflame what is already a very febrile situation.”

Rosenberg also called on the British government to consider banning Ye from entering the country, like Australia did last year after the rapper released his song “Heil Hitler.”

Earlier on Tuesday, the Board of Deputies of British Jews told The Telegraph that it will reach out to organizers of the Wireless Festival to “raise our concerns around Kanye West’s previous comments around Jews, as well as seeking assurances that the safety of Jewish attendees at the festival will be assured.”

The “Flashing Lights” singer labeled himself a “Nazi” and admirer of Nazi leader Adolf Hitler last year, sold T-shirts featuring swastikas, and has made several anti-Jewish and antisemitic comments on social media. In January, the musician took out a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal in which he apologized for his antisemitic behavior. He blamed his actions on his bipolar type-1 diagnosis, which he had previously denied having. He also insisted he is “not a Nazi or an antisemite.”

Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA), a British charity and watchdog group, said Ye’s past antisemitic actions have a “huge impact” and it is “disappointing” to see venues “so quick to invite someone who was so recently peddling conspiracy theories, Hitler worship, and bigoted lies – including now one of the UK’s biggest festival stages.”

“His cycle of apology and relapse has become a routine, and we must wait to see if this time is any different,” CAA added. “What is notable is that the latest apology came on the eve of the release of a new album. If he remains on the right path and makes more effort to make amends, that is well and good, but if he returns to his old ways these venues, including Wireless, will have much to answer for.”

The decision to have Ye headline the Wireless Festival was also condemned by The Jewish Leadership Council, which described festival organizers as “deeply irresponsible,” and the Community Security Trust, which called the move “completely unacceptable,” as reported by the BBC.